St. Luke’s Psychiatry residency provides a structured 4 year clinical educational
experience to prepare residents to practice as independent psychiatrists. Some
highlights include:

Diversity in faculty and their experiences and also diversity in clinical settings and
the curriculum.

Our goal is for graduates to be able to practice independently in any specialty, in
the community or in academics. They will be equipped to provide evidenced based
psychiatric care.

We want to “grow our own” and retain our talent.

Exposure to EAC, ECT, telepsychiatry, affiliation as a clinical campus of Temple
University Lewis Katz school of medicine are some unique highlights.

As a resident, you will be exposed to a variety of psychiatric cases and you will be
directly involved in the treatment planning of YOUR patients. Here, in addition to
your clinical duties, you will have the opportunity to participate in educational
conferences, research projects beginning in PGY 1 and the training other residents
and medical students.

You will also spend time in our affiliated outpatient clinic at Psychological Associates
of Bethlehem and a FQHC. In those settings, you will gain an appreciation of the
multidisciplinary approach by joining our team that consists of psychologists, social
workers, nurses and a coordinator and you will be directly involved in providing
medication management and/or therapy.

Our program focuses on teaching residents the fundamentals of psychiatry and the
pharmacologic and therapeutic management of psychiatric illnesses. With around
100 inpatient adult and older adult beds in the network, you will be exposed to
various pathologies, co-morbid medical and neurological illnesses, personality
disorders and substance use.

Because excellent patient care involves so much more than writing progress notes,
you will learn the best clinical practices to improve outcomes and safety, as well as
the importance of psychosocial supports and follow up.